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clch - cutting greenhouse gas emissions

clch - cutting greenhouse gas emissions
A stark reminder that even the pledges made at COP26 [Glasgow, November 2021] still leave a huge shortfall between where we are and where we will need to be in terms of reducing CO2 emissions. This also assumes that all of the existing pledges - at the national scale - will be met.
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It looks like an impossible challenge.
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However, there are a lot of things that can be done by individuals, alongside industry and politicians, towards reaching these targets. Even making small changes, if enough do it, the totals will be significant. Some other images in this album may have some ideas that will help with this ...
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For example, some things I have done ...
a) I used to make a 500 car mile journey every two or three weeks - not any more.
b) Over the past couple of decades or so, I have planted over 200 trees and shrubs, mostly to provide areas of better wildlife habitat. The maintenance [pruning & thinning] of that area is now producing enough material for some heating in my home and reducing reliance on LPG.
c) reducing the proportion of "high carbon" meat and "high mileage" foods in my diet.
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J. Gafarot, Eric Desjours, Weard Bültena, tiabunna have particularly liked this photo


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 Weard Bültena
Weard Bültena
Moin,
ja, das sieht dramatisch aus.
Ich versuche mich auch einzuschränken. Bin in den letzte 5 Jahren nur 32 000 km mit dem Auto gefahren, versuche mein Garten Insektenfreundlich zu gestalten und esse weniger Fleisch.
Weard
3 years ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club
Interesting. In (b), are directly burning the vegetation or are you somehow getting gas from it?
3 years ago.
StoneRoad2013 club has replied to GrahamH club
Some of the material is suitable for seasoning [drying] and ends up in our log-burner stove.

The rest goes into wildlife habitat / shelter or the slow compost heap [if very twiggy I may fire up a garden incinerator] ...

Ash from the log-burner and the twig incinerator ends up in the faster compost heap.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
GrahamH club has replied to StoneRoad2013 club
OK, thanks. You live on a few acres and have public land adjacent?

We live in a suburban house which we heat with a wood fire which has used wood from our block. Mostly we buy it from businesses which clear land for housing, trim trees or clean dead trees from farm paddocks.

I hadn't heard of mixing ash with compost. Last winter I made some charcoal in the fire while heating the house. I haven't tried using it yet, we've had very wet weather this spring and summer. See here: www.flickr.com/photos/grahamh_pix/51494370907/in/dateposted-public The tins had 375 grams of instant coffee in them originally..
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.

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